When gratitude has become a matter of reasoning there are many ways of escaping from its bonds.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

Don't judge a book by its cover

A man's a man. But when you see a king, you see the work of many thousand men.

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

The rich ate and drank freely, accepting gout and apoplexy as things that ran mysteriously in respectable families.

Plainness has its peculiar temptations and vices quite as much as beauty.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Don't you meddle with me, and I won't meddle with you.

I BELIEVE EVERYONE IS SPECIAL . . . BUT SOME PEOPLE THINK . . . . IT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING NO-ONE IS

What our parents tell us when we are small seldom goes ignored, no matter how foolish it may be

The plan was criticized by some retired military officers embedded in TV studios. But with every advance by our coalition forces, the wisdom of that plan becomes more apparent.

Beautifully-acted and precisely observed, ILO ILO is an amazing debut, full of heart and intelligence.

I'm not going to get myself hurt." I'm too important to let that happen. ~Jaypaw

When the fire goes out, you'll start feeling the cold. You'll wake up whether you want to or not.

A real writer is always shifting and changing and searching.

The election is not a time to discuss serious issues.

You have to accept both losing and winning well. I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost.

You can't deny reality just because you can't explain it.